Sometimes We Become Bound By Other People's

Sometimes I Feel Frustration At The Bureaucracy For Not Moving Fast Enough To Deliver In The Way That I Would Prefer. But That Is Probably Because I Have Worked For Many Years In The Civil Society, Which Tends To Move Much Faster Than Government.

I Have Always Felt That Perhaps Women Have Sometimes Almost Embraced The Same Values As Men, And The Same Character As Men, Because They Are In The Men's World, And They Are Trying To Fit Into A System That Men Have Created. And Maybe In Truth When There Is A Critical Mass Of Women Who Play That Role In Governments, Then We Will See Whether Women Can Really Manage Power In A Way That Is Less Destructive Than The Way That Men Have Used Power.

No Matter Who Or Where We Are, Or What Our Capabilities, We Are Called To Do The Best We Can.

Education Of Course Is A Very Empowering Experience, So Many People Who Went To School Also Managed To Improve Their Quality Of Life Much Faster Because They Could Get A Job, They Could Get Money, And With Money You Could Buy Things That You Cannot Buy If You Don't Have Money.

Disempowerment - Whether Defined In Terms Of A Lack Of Self-confidence , Apathy, Fear, Or An Inability To Take Charge Of One's Own Life - Is Perhaps The Most Unrecognised Problem In Africa Today.